Developmental Tasks: the broad “jobs” of childhood that need to be accomplished in each stage in order for children to learn life skills at the appropriate times.
The tasks of one stage do not need to be completely mastered before a child begins the tasks of the next stage. However, the sooner he masters a task, the easier it will be to tackle the tasks of the next stage.
Children continue to work on most tasks throughout childhood, even though there is usually one stage at which any one task is most prominent.
